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58 -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION, EVANSVILLE INDIANA WEATHER RADAR SOL 52-DGNW-0-90040 DUE 090100 POC Greg Smith, 301-713-0823, x118 WEB: click here for access to the RFI/SOW/Specifications, http://www.rdc.noaa.gov/~amd/index.html. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting office, Gregory.N.Smith@agf.noaa.gov. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/National Weather Service (NWS) has a requirement to acquire a Doppler weather radar system to enhance areas of inadequate coverage identified within the present Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) Network. The augmentation Doppler weather radar system shall use data acquisition schemes and produce data compatible with the NWS weather radar network. NOAA/NWS expects to award a contract to assemble and operate a remotely controlled 10cm wavelength weather radar having a beamwidth of one degree and meteorological signal detection capability to display reflectivity to a range of 460km and velocity to a range of 230 km. Ancillary requirements will include data acquisition, signal processing, and remote meteorological display equipment. The system shall have a useful operational service life of at least twenty (20) years. It is anticipated that a solicitation will be issued late this calendar year for this requirement and it will contain options for site installation, spares, operator training, equipment maintenance, and a radar data output interface to a government supplied meteorological analysis terminal. Draft documents describing the needs of the NWS are available for review by industry along with a list of questions being posed to industry by the NWS. The draft documents can be obtained at the web address "http://www.rdc.noaa.gov/~amd/index.html". Once at the site, click "Solicitation Information" for access to on-line opportunities at NOAA. Industry comment to these documents are encouraged. Firms may also identify themselves as possible primes, subcontractors or both, to facilitate potential teaming arrangements. Small businesses are encouraged to identify their size status. Replies to the questions, your comments, or recommended clarifications or changes should be made by responding to Mr. Gregory N. Smith at the U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, Acquisition Management Division (OFA612), 1305 East-West Hwy., Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-3281,or via email to "Gregory.N.Smith@agf.noaa.gov", or by fax to (301) 713-0806. Comments are requested by September 1, 2000. Posted 07/11/00 (W-SN473252). (0193)

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